Decolonization

List of recommendations for Deans at the University of Regina. Author is executive lead of Indigenization at the institution.

List of recommendations for Deans at the University of Regina. Author is executive lead of Indigenization at the institution.

Discussion on racial discrimination and oppression as a result of slavery and colonization.

A YouTube playlist of 21 videos of conference presenters and panels from the summit.

Looks at using physical activity to foster decolonization and to challenge health disparities.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington State University, 2009.

Reflection paper from the National Gathering on Aboriginal Artistic Expression.

From the National Gathering on Aboriginal Artistic Expression.

Book review: Aboriginal Canada Revisited edited by Kerstin Knopf.

Book review of: Aboriginal Child Welfare, Self-Government and the Rights of Indigenous Children by Sonia Harris-Short. Review located by scrolling down to page 189.

Looks at teacher education and professional development inadequacies regarding Aboriginal language and culture preparation. Identifies strategies to meet the needs of Aboriginal teachers.

Looks at the colonization and assimilation of Aboriginal peoples in the education system; and discusses the problems, prospects, and future direction of Aboriginal learning in Canada.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.

Suggests that Aboriginal scholars need to take control of the uses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and the process by which it is used. Contends that removing TEK from its context devalues it.

Reviews decisions made by the Supreme Court which impact Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.

Book review of: Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America by Leland Donald.

Argues that in order to be effective social work education must address the effects of colonization on Aboriginal people at the practice level.

A comprehensive document covering all new, and ongoing Aboriginal initiatives, services, and programs currently taking place at Simon Fraser University.

Looks at the significant difference between "Original Title" and "Aboriginal Title"

Study looks at way to increase efficacy in incorporating Indigenous ways of seeing into classroom settings; teacher-participants evaluated professional learning from a day On Country. Feedback from educators recommends two day On Country, adequate in-school follow-up, and ongoing support through a blog.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Brock University, 2011.

Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.

Author argues that American Indian Studies is a legitimate discipline, with its own unique perspectives and methodological concerns.

Book review of: Across a Great Divide edited by Laura L. Scheiber, Mark D. Mitchell.

Drama Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2016.

Observations suggest that knowledge is viewed differently by various cultures.

Discusses disproportionate burden of poor health and social suffering on Indigenous peoples and the rational for why the involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy is essential for addressing health disparities.

Discusses the myriad of legal and customary protocols that contemporary Aboriginal citizens must negotiate in the regards to adoptive cultural practices. Describe the Creation and Great Law narratives which help members of the Iroquois Confederacy makes sense of these conventions.

"Argues that the resurgence of Indigenous peoples' citizenship orders can be informed in part by tenets of Indigenous customary adoption."

Article examines federally funded research frameworks and advocates for Indigenous research and sovereignty; suggests ways that federal funding bodies might contribute to the realization of Indigenous self-determination in research.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2012.

Looks at critical questions after the decision in Mabo v. Queensland.

Discusses three themes that emerged from “Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways” issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal: (1) structural genocide in settler-colonial states' attempts at deracination; (2) Indigenous peoples' agency with regard to anti-normalization; and (3) decolonial resistance outside of imposed settler-colonial binaries.

Six-month mixed-methods evaluation of a mental health and well-being program which included Elders in the direct care of Indigenous patients in an inner city primary health clinic; 36 of 37 participants, from 20 different nations, described substantial benefits.

Examines how the Wet'suwet'en used archaeological evidence to support their court case regarding Aboriginal and territorial rights.

The author argues for the Indigenization of scholars to improve the decolonization of the Canadian university system.

Discusses issues of cultural authority in Native American fiction writing in the context of Third World literary criticism and mainstream western literary trends.

Exploratory article which examines the ways lessons and information on the history and contemporary state of Indian Education are integrated into American Indian/Native American Studies programs and journals.

Looks at reasons why the discipline complements the study of Palestine.

Paper presented a the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, April 12, 2012, Vancouver, Canada, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.

Ortiz’s address to the AISA calls on Indigenous people to recognize the damage done to them by colonization and to find in that recognition the strength and will to participate in contemporary resistance to neocolonial projects rooted in consumer capitalist and extractive resource regimes.

This presentation text examines different sites and incidents of neocolonial violence and Aboriginal activism as defiance in response; asserts the basis of Native Studies is “indigenousness and sovereignty” and examines the implications of these concepts for activism and resistance movements.

Book review of: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Smith.

Looks at legal definition in the United States for Indian tribe, the current issues in Indian country, and how to put Native America back on the map.